Solid waste management is not immune from the law of unintended consequences

摘要

As first named by 20th century sociologist Robert K Merton, unintended consequences are outcomes that are not anticipated or planned by a particular action precipitated by individuals or government agencies. The unintended outcomes of actions might be positive or negative, but the most notable unintended consequences are usually negative, and sometimes even the opposite of what was desired in the first place.